Re: F22/23 + nvidia = no boot...

2015-10-05 Thread linux guy
I've got another thing that is bothering me. When I boot, grub isn't displaying all the kernels I have installed. It is only showing me "Fedora" and something else. How do I get grub to display the available kernels ? On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 10:35 PM, linux guy wrote: &

Re: F22/23 + nvidia = no boot...

2015-10-05 Thread linux guy
FWIW, on my computer (F23) dnf is showing kernels 4.2.1-300 and 4.2.2-300. I don't have 4.1.7 installed or available. The log file in /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/ says that nvidia 346.72-2.1 for kernel 4.2.2-300 was verified and installed correctly, without errors. So I should have a working and i

Re: F22/23 + nvidia = no boot...

2015-10-05 Thread linux guy
Another question... is there a better repository than rpmfusion-rawhide for getting akmod-f23 from ? On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 10:45 PM, linux guy wrote: > FWIW, on my computer (F23) dnf is showing kernels 4.2.1-300 and > 4.2.2-300. I don't have 4.1.7 installed or available. > >

Re: F22/23 + nvidia = no boot...

2015-10-06 Thread linux guy
eshko wrote: > On 10/06/2015 06:23 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > linux guy wrote: > > > >> What kernel/ nvidia driver combination is working for people right now ? > >> Is there a kmod package that is working with the current kernels ? > > Is the nv

Re: F22/23 + nvidia = no boot...

2015-10-06 Thread linux guy
This page says that the GT555M is supported in the latest nvidia drivers. (See the supported products tab.) http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/90279/en-us On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:32 AM, linux guy wrote: > lspci says my laptop has an NVIDIA GF116M [GeForce GT 555M/635M] rev

Re: F22/23 + nvidia = no boot...

2015-10-06 Thread linux guy
, GRID K520, GRID K1, GRID K340 *NVS Series:* NVS 510, NVS 315, NVS 310 *NVS Series (Notebooks):*NVS 5400M, NVS 5200M, NVS 4200M On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, John Pilkington wrote: > On 06/10/15 15:32, linux guy wrote: > >> lspci says my laptop has an NVIDIA GF116M [GeForce GT 555M/

Displaying all the available kernels at boot ?

2015-10-06 Thread linux guy
My computer is not displaying all the available kernels when it boots. Right now it displays Fedora, Advanced options for Fedora and tboot 1.81. How do I get it to display a list of kernels ? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https

Re: F22/23 + nvidia = no boot...

2015-10-06 Thread linux guy
Here is an image of the console when it stops booting. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2lIvcIc9OsOgSAK0_VhtrFve0uk252X7hjsY_3ZXvi8?feat=directlink I have posted this issue to the test mailing list as well. On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:08 AM, linux guy wrote: > THE nvidia driver I speak

Re: Displaying all the available kernels at boot ?

2015-10-06 Thread linux guy
Thanks. On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2015-10-06 at 09:11 -0600, linux guy wrote: > > My computer is not displaying all the available kernels when it > > boots. > > > > Right now it displays Fedora, Advanced optio

Peer to peer adhoc network setup using network manager. ARP, gateways and routes...

2015-10-06 Thread linux guy
I need to connect a wifi device to my Linux computer. There is no router in between the two. Just my computer and the device. The device has a fixed IP, 192.168.0.10. It has its own Wifi interface built in It isn't capable of connecting to a router. It has a fixed IP address. My home

Re: Peer to peer adhoc network setup using network manager. ARP, gateways and routes...

2015-10-06 Thread linux guy
I figured out the problem. The gateway addresses need to be empty. If you delete the entry and create a new one you can use an empty gateway address. If you have an address in the field, including 0.0.0.0, you cannot save an empty gateway address. On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:56 PM, linux guy

Re: [F25, KDE] very very slow internet connexion

2017-01-31 Thread linux guy
In case this helps. ​From my RPi: # ping www.google.com PING www.google.com (172.217.1.36) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from ord37s07-in-f36.1e100.net (172.217.1.36): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=51.5 ms 64 bytes from ord37s07-in-f36.1e100.net (172.217.1.36): icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=51.9 ms 64 bytes f

Re: [F25, KDE] very very slow internet connexion

2017-01-31 Thread linux guy
Sorry, wrong list... I thought this was an RPi related issue. ​ ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: [F25, KDE] very very slow internet connexion

2017-01-31 Thread linux guy
RPi: # ping 172.217.1.36 PING 172.217.1.36 (172.217.1.36) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 172.217.1.36: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=50.8 ms 64 bytes from 172.217.1.36: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=54.9 ms 64 bytes from 172.217.1.36: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=66.2 ms 64 bytes from 172.217.1.36: icmp_seq=4 tt

Re: [F25, KDE] very very slow internet connexion

2017-01-31 Thread linux guy
Install an ad blocker and flash blocker. Block everything and then slowly allow things one at a time. ​ I find firefox pretty intolerant of "bad" scripts compared to Chrome. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an e

Linux based car PC "front end" ?

2012-09-18 Thread linux guy
I'm looking for a good Linux based car pc "front end" application. Does anyone know of one ? Something like Centrafuse, but OS and Linux based ? Does anyone know of one for (gulp) Android ? Thanks -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or chan

Re: Linux based car PC "front end" ?

2012-09-18 Thread linux guy
The linux (and winCE) versions are no longer supported and may not install correctly due to issues with the repository servers. http://forums.fluxmedia.net/centrafuse-linux-beta/17903-repository-down-http-repo-centrafuse-com.html -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe

rsync a cloned dual boot SSD drive for backup ? Catastrophic SSD future failure recovery ideas.

2012-01-03 Thread linux guy
cloned version of the SSD ready to go should it fail. It needs to handle both the Windows and the Linux installs. Would something like rsync work on a regular hard drive clone of the SSD ? Could rsync handle the Windows 7 partition ? Thanks ! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: rsync a cloned dual boot SSD drive for backup ? Catastrophic SSD future failure recovery ideas.

2012-01-03 Thread linux guy
Some relevant links. http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/22/how-to-clone-your-bootable-ubuntu-install-to-another-drive/ http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/171200478/cloning-a-linux-hard-drive.htm?pgno=1 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/using-rsync-to-clone-hard-drive

F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-06 Thread linux guy
I have a new Dell XPS17 laptop. (i7, 16 GB RAM, nvidia 555 video device, Windows 7 installed) I am trying to run F16-x86_64-Live-KDE on it via a USB flash device. It find the USB device. grub(2) runs. I can select the kernel. It starts the boot process. It hangs with the following message: u

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-06 Thread linux guy
I forgot to say... THANKS ! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraprojec

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-06 Thread linux guy
27;t invoke the error I'm seeing ? I am going to be really peeved if I can't run Linux on the XPS17. I ran Windows 7 for an hour and it sucks ! How an OS can run so slow on an i7 with 16 GB of RAM is beyond me. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or ch

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-06 Thread linux guy
What video card does your M4600 have and which spin (x86, x86_64, KDE, etc) did you install ? Did the Live spins run on your laptop ? Did you install from a Live spin or directly ? Thanks -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-06 Thread linux guy
I double checked the order. Optimus is not available with the 3D laptops. Item Number QuantityItem Description 225-0587 1 XPS 17 312-1182 1 90 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-06 Thread linux guy
I get the boot parameters when I press Tab with grub2. Here is what its using. vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img root=live:UUID= rootfstype=vfat ro live img quiet rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 Should I change anything ? The BIOS has no option to turn off Optimus. -- users mailing list users@list

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-06 Thread linux guy
I wonder if it would make a difference if I installed directly and then tried to boot. Are you dual booting ? Thanks, BTW, for taking the time to reply to my thread. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-06 Thread linux guy
I got it to boot further by selecting "start in basic graphics mode" under Troubleshooting options in grub2. However, it hangs when starting KDE. However, I am able to command line session going. I am able to log in as liveuser. I am able to su to root. Now what should I do ? How do I do the

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-07 Thread linux guy
I downloaded the install x86_64 DVD and burned it to a DVD. I removed the stock Windows drive and installed a new blank SSD. The XPS17 will run the entire install process, with or without the Fedora Upgrades selected.When complete it asks to reboot. When it reboots, it gives a no operating

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-07 Thread linux guy
Shouldn't the DVD install process install grub2 for me ? What is the command sequence to do it manually ? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-07 Thread linux guy
Thanks. I'll test this tomorrow and get back to you. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask awa

Where can I find F15 KDE Live iso for downloading ?

2012-01-10 Thread linux guy
Where can I find F15 KDE Live iso for downloading ? I am having no end of grief trying to put F16 on my laptop, including this http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1037705-flash-drive-installation-operating-system-not-found/ I would like to try installing Fedora 15. Where can I find it ? Thanks --

Re: Where can I find F15 KDE Live iso for downloading ?

2012-01-11 Thread linux guy
Many thanks for the quick reply. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedorap

Re: Where can I find F15 KDE Live iso for downloading ?

2012-01-11 Thread linux guy
F15 installed without any problems. I'm running yum update right now. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a

Re: F16-X86_64-Live-KDE won't boot on XPS 17

2012-01-11 Thread linux guy
I didn't test installing grub2 because in addition to the boot problem there was also a kernel problem with the F16 install. I got my XPS17 running Linux by doing an install from the F15-KDE-64-Live iso. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscri

Dual boot on SSD. No Windows disks. How ?

2012-01-11 Thread linux guy
I have a new Dell XPS17. It came with a 500 GB hard drive loaded with Windows. I want to install a 160 GB SSD in my XPS17. I also want to install Fedora 15. I don't have any Windows disks. If I install F15 alone on the SSD, can I install Windows later or must it be present in the first place

Re: Dual boot on SSD. No Windows disks. How ?

2012-01-11 Thread linux guy
Thanks for the replies. My head hurts from thinking about this stuff. FYI, my XPS17 has 2 hard drive bays. I want 1 bay for the SSD, on which I will load Windows and Linux. The other bay is for a 750 GB data drive. I hate Windows. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: Dual boot on SSD. No Windows disks. How ?

2012-01-11 Thread linux guy
oblem with installing Linux on the SSD and using it for a few months, then, if I need to, copy it to a backup drive, installing Windows on the SSD and then copying the Linux install back to the SSD ? What special things happen in a Linux install to make dual boot work ? Thanks ! PS. I HATE Windows.

Severe intermittent hanging with Firefox, F16, KDE ?

2012-01-11 Thread linux guy
Firefox is intermittently freezing from time to time in my KDE sessions, hanging my whole machine for 20 seconds to a minute every 20 minutes or so. Anyone else having this problem ? $ yum list firefox firefox.i686 9.0.1-1.fc16 $ uname -a Linux

preupgrade, F15 -> F16 anaconda hangs.

2012-01-18 Thread linux guy
hows 0%s all the way down for CPU and memory, except for a blip for systemd once in a while. I don't see any obvious problems using dmesg. I do have a few "md: raid personality registered for level X" messages, which surprises me. The laptop is equipped with a single 160 GB SSD

Re: preupgrade, F15 -> F16 anaconda hangs.

2012-01-18 Thread linux guy
Never mind answering this. I got it upgraded another way. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? As

How to install F16 KDE 64 bit on an XPS 17.

2012-01-18 Thread linux guy
It recently took me a couple days of messing around to install F16 KDE 64 bit on a Dell XPS 17. Attempt #1. I tried installing via the F16 KDE 64 bit live ISO both via a USB device and from a CDROM. IIRC, I think it boiled down to a kernel error when trying to boot the live image. Attempt #2.

Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-18 Thread linux guy
I upgraded to a larger monitor and now Linux (KDE) looks a bit dumpy. Can someone point me to some really nice KDE themes, desktops, etc. I'm having a bunch of trouble with fonts, especially in Firefox. Everything looks a bit fuzzy. And yet jpeg images look excellent. Am I missing some

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Mark Panen wrote: Thanks for the reply ! > Download the Verdana font Where ? How ? http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/files/the fonts/final/verdan32.exe/download ? and enable gtk in the KDE settings. After days of > trying, that's the best i got. Wha

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Tim wrote: > I'll state the obvious, despite your comment about JPEGs (because their > content can disguise this), it can still be an issue, and is easily > overlooked when changing a monitor: I agree. I appreciate your input in this regard. > Is X running at t

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:11 AM, linux guy wrote: >> Is X running at the right size for your monitor (the screen height and >> width in pixels), I just learned something, thanks to your suggestion. Aside, this is why I ask questions on this list. There is always someone else out th

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
With the aforementioned resolution changes, my display looks about 10x better. Make that 20x better. One situation which still looks really awful is viewing gmail in Firefox. For some reason that font is terrible. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change sub

Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
I'd like to run my new laptop with the lid closed. I'm using external displays and keyboard, mouse, etc. When its at my desk, I only want to use it as a processing unit. How do I disable the lid switch from putting it into sleep mode ? The following outlines how to prevent the lid switch from

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
Great replies, people ! Thanks ! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedor

fan control in F16 (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
I've got an XPS17. (i7, 16 GB, nVidia 555, etc.) I'm running F16. It works well. My XPS17 will sit perfectly quiet for a minute or more while I'm working. But then the fan will cut in for 10-15 seconds and its pretty loud. I find it annoying. What I would rather have is the fan running at a

Re: Operating a laptop when closed. Disabling the lid switch ?

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Fulko Hew wrote: > I won't go so far as say 'over-heat', but _my_ laptop does get 'a lot > warmer' with its lid shut. > Its due to the fact that its backlight rarely gets turned off when the lid > is closed. > (The difference between one radiating surface versus t

Re: How to install F16 KDE 64 bit on an XPS 17.

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
I just upgraded a server from F16-KDE 32 bit to F16-KDE 64 bit. Its an i5 Sandybridge, just like my laptop. I had the same problems as with my laptop. I installed 64 bit F16-KDE right from the DVD over the F16 32 bit installation that was on it previously. It installed fine, but wouldn't comple

Re: Looking for beautiful themes, application settings, fonts, etc. (KDE)

2012-01-19 Thread linux guy
I didn't install Chrome, but thanks to the suggestions here, mainly the screen resolution, my desktop is now beautiful. Almost stunning, actually. Things I did - disable the laptop display, which for some reason set the resolution to 128x129. With just the U3011, I get a resolution of 75x75. -

"Proper" F16 Java setup ??? (Firefox Additional Plugins Required)

2012-01-21 Thread linux guy
I am getting vague Additional Plugins Required errors in Firefox. When I press the Install Plugins button, it states No Suitable plugins found. After some investigation, I'm thinking that the web page is trying to run a Java Script. yum list \*java\* and yum list \*ice\* do not turn up any instal

Exceedingly slow KDE remote X apps ? (ssh -X, D-Bus errors)

2012-01-21 Thread linux guy
I updated our server (i5, 8 GB, F16-KDE-64) from F16-32 last week. Previously remote X apps (ie ssh -X me@server) were fast.Now they are exceedingly slow. ping server shows a very fast response time and no missing packets. The client computer is i7, 16 GB, F16-64, KDE. Any ideas on why remo

Re: "Proper" F16 Java setup ??? (Firefox Additional Plugins Required)

2012-01-21 Thread linux guy
I seemed to have fixed the problem with yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk.i686 yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproj

Re: "Proper" F16 Java setup ??? (Firefox Additional Plugins Required)

2012-01-21 Thread linux guy
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 11:42 AM, linux guy wrote: > I seemed to have fixed the problem with > > yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk.i686 > yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 Actually, it didn't solve all of them. I have less of them, none on one particularly problematic page, bu

MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-22 Thread Fedora Linux
Hello I have a web application but it is not working on my Fedora 16 with PHP, for some reason it is unable to connect to the MySQL server, it returns the error: [Sun Jan 22 08:40:24 2012] [error] [client ::1] PHP Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-23 Thread Fedora Linux
ou access mysql from the cmdline.. >[i assume you can] > -what are the permissions on the mysql db/tbls? have they changed? > --did you stop/restart mysql? > -what do the mysql logs say? > > let us know.. > > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Mike Wright > wrote: >

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-23 Thread Fedora Linux
# setsebool httpd_can_network_connect_db on I have just tried, but still does not work: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13) Any other idea? Connecting manually it works $ mysql -u root -h localhost -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor.

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Fedora Linux
The InnoDB memory heap is disabled 120124 19:39:40 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins 120124 19:39:40 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.5 120124 19:39:40 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO 120124 19:39:40 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M 120124 19:39:40 InnoDB: C

Re: MySQL is not working on PHP with Fedora 16

2012-01-24 Thread Fedora Linux
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How do I download this video ?

2012-01-25 Thread linux guy
How could I download this video ? http://dev2.magicoast.com/player/main.swf?type=0&id=ZTk5NTA5NDA&version=1.0.10&network=209.124.55.25&logo=24 Thanks -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinf

pyQt on Windows and Mac ? Android ?

2012-01-26 Thread linux guy
I need to write a mostly simple multi platform application. USB upload/download, open a file, etc. I'm wondering how pyQt works these days on Windows and Mac (OSX Lion, more properly, I guess). Is there anything better for a simple multi platform app ? Thanks -- users mailing list users@lists.

Re: How do I download this video ?

2012-01-26 Thread linux guy
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 01/26/2012 08:41 AM, Dick Roark wrote: >> I just right-clicked on the link and it came right up in a new window, >> Ford trucks and all. > > He wants to download it so he can save it and watch it offline. Exactly. -- users mailing list user

Re: How do I download this video ?

2012-01-26 Thread linux guy
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:18 PM, wrote: > Have you tried Clive? # cclive "http://dev2.magicoast.com/player/main.swf?type=0&id=ZTk5NTA5NDA&version=1.0.10&network=209.124.55.25&logo=24"; Checking ... libquvi: error: no support: http://dev2.magicoast.com/player/main.swf?type=0&id=ZTk5NTA

Re: Exceedingly slow KDE remote X apps ? (ssh -X, D-Bus errors)

2012-01-27 Thread linux guy
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: > linux guy wrote: > >> I updated our server (i5, 8 GB, F16-KDE-64) from F16-32 last week. > > So, if I understand correctly, on the server side went from 32 to 64 bit, > and then remotes are now slow? Sorry for th

Re: "Proper" F16 Java setup ??? (Firefox Additional Plugins Required)

2012-01-27 Thread linux guy
yum install flash-plugins fixed the problem. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http:

Re: Exceedingly slow KDE remote X apps ? (ssh -X, D-Bus errors)

2012-01-27 Thread linux guy
I think I just traced it to a network issue. Don't spend any time on this until I update the thread. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki

Wireless network drop outs on XPS17 (F16, Centrino Advanced N)

2012-01-31 Thread linux guy
n Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34 $ uname -a Linux XPS.localdomain 3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 26 03:21:58 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ yum list installed \*iw\* Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Installed Packages iw.x86_64

Re: Wireless network drop outs on XPS17 (F16, Centrino Advanced N)

2012-02-01 Thread linux guy
Thanks. I did and its working OK now. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.f

Re: pyQt on Windows and Mac ? Android ?

2012-02-01 Thread linux guy
I took a closer look and will probably use Java. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: ht

Cronometer (GPL) goes web based, loses GPL ?

2012-02-07 Thread linux guy
I am a long time user of Cron-o-meter. Its a Java GLP application for nutritional monitoring. It works great. http://cronometer.com/ As long as I've know it (4 years), cronometer has been a GPL application that you installed on your local computer. As a matter of fact, cronometer has and still

Re: preupgrade grub2 failed: now can't boot

2012-02-07 Thread linux guy
I went through the same thing back in early January. My sympathies. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a qu

Re: preupgrade grub2 failed: now can't boot

2012-02-07 Thread linux guy
I got around all this mess by upgrading from the full install DVD. I found the problem to exist only when updating from the live CDs or pre upgrading. If I did my upgrade from the full install DVD, everything worked out OK. If you need more information, I could go back and look at my notes. --

Re: preupgrade grub2 failed: now can't boot

2012-02-10 Thread linux guy
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Greg Woods wrote: > All in all, the upgrade to F16 was by far the most difficult Fedora > upgrade I have ever done. I agree ! F15 and F16 were terrible upgrades for me. However, if you used the Install DVD, it goes very smoothly. Because of the last 2 upgrades,

grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template ?

2012-02-15 Thread linux guy
I received the following error during an update this morning. Installing : kernel-3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64 grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template What is it about ? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedorap

Re: grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template ?

2012-02-15 Thread linux guy
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:06 AM, FRank Murphy wrote: > On 15/02/12 16:00, linux guy wrote: >> >> I received the following error during an update this morning. >> >> Installing : kernel-3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64 >> grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable tem

Start script

2012-02-20 Thread Fedora Linux
Hello friends I have a doubt about how to make a start script to launche services and do some stuff every time that fedora boots... I created a script /etc/rc.d/init.d/MyStartupScript rwxr-xr-x rm -fr /tmp/* rm -fr /tmp/.* mysqld_safe --user=mysql & but it simply does nothing... I have Fedora

F16 rocks !

2012-03-15 Thread linux guy
I haven't been around the list much lately, but F16 absolutely rocks. KDE too, I can't wait to get my hands on KDE 4.8 to see what its got. The last few kernels 3.2.7 and on have been nice too. Keep up the good work, people. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or c

2nd monitor stopped working. (F16, KDE, kmod-nvidia)

2012-04-10 Thread linux guy
My laptop has been running great with F16. I drive an external monitor with it. This morning I did an upgrade as follows. Apr 10 13:02:57 Installed: kernel-devel-3.3.1-3.fc16.x86_64 Apr 10 13:02:58 Updated: kernel-headers-3.3.1-3.fc16.x86_64 Apr 10 13:02:59 Updated: kernel-tools-3.3.1-3.fc16.x86

iphone won't mount as a file storage system ?

2012-04-15 Thread linux guy
evice, ifuse, gtkpod, etc. It appears that Linux is trying to use the phone as a tethered network connection rather than mounting it as a USB storage device. Any ideas on how to fix this ? Thanks ! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription op

Re: iphone won't mount as a file storage system ?

2012-04-16 Thread linux guy
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:30 PM, wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 11:33:59PM -0430, Dokuro wrote: >> is your phone really up to date, cos my unupdated phone mounts from install. I will look into that. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opt

Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)

2012-04-25 Thread linux guy
I have a few proprietary Windows only applications that I need to run from time to time. These applications require access to USB port peripherals. I'm running F16 on a Dell XPS17 i7, 16 GB, etc. I'm hoping to get these applications running in Windows in VB. Which version of Windows should I i

Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)

2012-04-25 Thread linux guy
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Steven Stern wrote: > I'm using Windows XP in Virtual Box, mainly because I had a spare > license for it.  I give it 1.0GB  and it does OK. Thanks for sharing that. I was leaning toward XP. Which version of XP ? > Use VirtualBox from Oracle's repo, not the F

Re: Which Windows for Virtual Box ? (F16, USB, etc)

2012-04-25 Thread linux guy
From here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? As

Starting network services from emergency mode command prompt ?

2018-10-29 Thread linux guy
Hi all. I accidentally interrupted a dnf update and messed up the boot process on my server. I got the machine booting to an emergency mode command prompt via grub2 commands. (Painful !) I need to run dnf with a network connection to finish fixing things. I tried grub2-mkconfig, but it needs m

Re: How to turn on networking from rescue boot

2018-10-29 Thread linux guy
I'm experiencing the exact same issue. Anyone know why ? On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 9:12 AM William Oliver wrote: > On Sun, 2017-07-30 at 09:37 -0400, fred roller wrote: > > > However, I've forgotten how to turn on wifi networking from rescue mode. > > > > Can anybody point me to a tutorial? > > Y

Re: Starting network services from emergency mode command prompt ?

2018-10-30 Thread linux guy
Thanks Does this work if the machine uses networkmanager ? FWIW, NM isn't running when at the emergency mode prompt. Where does one get a list of the available interfaces ? /dev or somewhere else ? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.

Re: Starting network services from emergency mode command prompt ?

2018-10-30 Thread linux guy
I found the Ethernet interface name in /sys/class/net In my case it was enp3s0 On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 9:47 AM linux guy wrote: > > Thanks > > Does this work if the machine uses networkmanager ? FWIW, NM isn't > running when at the emergency mode prompt. > > Wh

Re: Starting network services from emergency mode command prompt ?

2018-10-30 Thread linux guy
Once I found the device name, I enabled it by using ifup enp3s0. And it worked. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code

F28 server boots to the grub prompt even after dnf update and grub2-mkconfig

2018-10-30 Thread linux guy
I have an up to date F28 server that boots to the grub prompt. This started after a failed dnf update. The computer will boot to an emergency mode command prompt if I set it up properly from the grub prompt. grub> set root=(lvm/fedora-root) grub> linuxefi (hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-0-rescue... root=/de

Re: F28 server boots to the grub prompt even after dnf update and grub2-mkconfig

2018-11-01 Thread linux guy
I was running grub2-mkconfig. I did not use -o. I never even thought of that. I was running it from the wrong directory ! Good catch. Thanks for replying. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-

Re: F28 server boots to the grub prompt even after dnf update and grub2-mkconfig

2018-11-26 Thread linux guy
It still boots to the grub prompt, even when I use -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 1:33 PM linux guy wrote: > I was running grub2-mkconfig. I did not use -o. > > I never even thought of that. I was running it from the wrong directory > ! Good catch. Thanks

Re: F28 server boots to the grub prompt even after dnf update and grub2-mkconfig

2018-11-26 Thread linux guy
I'm using UEFI. On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:43 PM stan wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:28:36 -0600 > linux guy wrote: > > > I have an up to date F28 server that boots to the grub prompt. This > > started after a failed dnf update. > > > > The computer

Re: F28 server boots to the grub prompt even after dnf update and grub2-mkconfig

2018-11-27 Thread linux guy
Thank you. On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:12 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 11/26/18 7:56 PM, linux guy wrote: > > It still boots to the grub prompt, even when I use -o > /boot/grub2/grub.cfg > > That is still the wrong file. You need either > /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg >

Re: F28 server boots to the grub prompt even after dnf update and grub2-mkconfig

2018-11-27 Thread linux guy
ow It rebooted to the grub prompt. Now what ? On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:12 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 11/26/18 7:56 PM, linux guy wrote: > > It still boots to the grub prompt, even when I use -o > /boot/grub2/grub.cfg > > That is still the wrong file. You need either > /boot/ef

Fedora 29 won't boot to GUI after update ? What do highlighted packages mean in dnf ?

2019-01-14 Thread linux guy
Fedora 29 x86_64 on a Gigabyte Brix. dnf update berfore Xmas, worked fine. Booted it today and it won't boot to the GUI. Shows Gigabyte on the screen. However, I can ssh into it. (Thank goodness for ssh !) $ uname -a Linux labBrix 4.19.10-300.fc29.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 17 15:34:44 UTC

Re: Fedora 29 won't boot to GUI after update ? What do highlighted packages mean in dnf ?

2019-01-14 Thread linux guy
I found this in dmesg: Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.19.10-300.fc29.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora-root ro rd.lvm.lv=fedora/root rd.lvm.lv=fedora/swap nomodeset rhgb quiet LANG=en_US.UTF-8 [0.207360] You have booted with nomodeset. This means your GPU drivers are DISABLED [0.

Re: Fedora 29 won't boot to GUI after update ? [Solved]

2019-01-15 Thread linux guy
I am going to mark this as solved as removing nomodeset from the kernel parameters causes it to boot properly. However, how did nomodeset get into the kernel parameters in the first place ? On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 9:37 PM linux guy wrote: > I found this in dmesg: > > Kernel com

What do highlighted packages mean in dnf ? Installed kernels aren't in grub menu ?

2019-01-15 Thread linux guy
$ uname -a Linux labBrix 4.19.10-300.fc29.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 17 15:34:44 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # dnf list kernel Installed Packages kernel.x86_64 4.19.10-200.fc28 @updates kernel.x86_64 4.19.10-300.fc29

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